Pennsylvania

References

Benjamin Rush -- Alyssa Mitchell
Robert Morris -- Erica Fuhriman
Jared Ingersoll-- Jisun Lee

Who founded it?

George Fox
William Penn

William Penn

Why?

he wanted a rest from the Established church
it was founded because he wanted a refuge for quakers

How?

william penns dad was an admiral in the british army and the king was indebted to him 16,000 pounds.
so after williams dad had died he inherited the debt.
he went to the king and said that he wanted land instead of money
he got one of the largest charters given to one man in America
it was about fourty thousand square miles.

Where was it?

west of the Delaware River and from the northern boundary of Maryland to the north "as far as plantable.
from the Delaware River over the Appalachian mountains and down the western slope by the ohio valley

How was the land?

vast fertile region
beautiful rivers and mountain ranges,
it had alot of minerals and stuff.
It was inhabited by Indians alone

What was it like?

freedom of worship and religion was granted to everyone
it was well advertised and by 1700 it was the third biggest and riches colony in the New World

Economy

Iron smelting
anthracite coal
transportation equipment
foodstuffs
machinery
chemical
wide variety of plastic, rubber, stone, clay, and glass products
agricultural products : diary products, cattle, hay, corn, wheat, oats, mushrooms, poultry, potatoes, and fruit

Climate

City	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Monthly Normal High and Low Temperatures For Various Pennsylvania Cities in Fahrenheit
Scranton	34/18	37/20	47/28	59/38	71/48	78/57	83/61	81/60	72/53	61/42	49/34	39/24
Erie	33/20	36/21	45/28	56/38	67/49	76/59	80/64	79/63	72/56	61/46	49/36	39/27
Pittsburgh	37/20	39/21	50/29	62/38	71/48	80/56	85/62	83/60	76/53	64/41	53/33	42/25
Harrisburg	38/23	41/25	51/33	63/42	73/51	81/61	86/66	84/64	76/57	64/45	53/36	42/28
Philadelphia	39/25	42/28	51/35	62/44	72/55	81/64	86/70	84/69	77/61	66/49	55/40	44/31
Allentown	35/19	39/21	49/29	60/38	71/48	79/58	84/63	82/61	74/53	63/41	51/33	40/24
East Stroudsburg	35/16	39/17	49/26	61/36	72/46	80/55	85/59	83/58	75/50	64/38	51/30	40/22